Intel NAS Performance Toolkit
Intel NASPT is another disk subsystem benchmark that uses real-life usage scenarios. Just like PCMark7, it reproduces predefined disk activity patterns and measures how much time they take to be performed. Together with PCMark7, this benchmark produces an excellent illustration of the disk subsystem’s performance in real-life applications. Just like in the previous case, the SSDs were tested in their “used“ state.
Compared to PC Mark 7, writing has a higher weight in Intel NAS Performance Toolkit, so the standings are somewhat different. Anyway, the 120-gigabyte Zalman F1 delivers the same performance as any other SSD with second-generation SandForce controller and 25nm synchronous MLC flash.
The following diagrams show the detailed results of the SSDs in Intel NAS Performance Toolkit.